A comprehensive study from 26 major sewage treatment plants has identified 11 sites in Bengaluru that could act as bellwether sites for wastewater surveillance of COVID19 virus

The new filter is made of Polylactic Acid and Bismuth Ferrite uses piezo-photocatalysis, which combines the principles of piezocatalysis and photocatalysis to enhance the degradation of pollutants and other chemical transformations. 

Image: A representation of the paper-discs with the substrate and cell free extracts together with (left to right) increasing concentrations of the sensor without trigger (yellow) compared to with trigger addition (shades of red). Credit Prof Chaitanya Athale

Researchers used the complex duets of Sarus Cranes to identify distinct signatures in the audio that could then be used to determine their sex.

Scientists at IIT Bombay (IITB) are applying chemistry to trap summer sun for freezing winters. Read the story to know more.

The research showed that the metabolism of the yeast created fluid flows around them, which helped transport nutrients further than would be possible just by diffusion.

The application uses Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to identify disease symptoms from images of leaves, and is small enough to be run on IoT devices.

A new study presents a comprehensive understanding of how river floods in India have evolved over the past 40 years, from 1970 to 2010, based on records of river flow from 173 different monitoring stations spread across the country.

The study from IISc found a previously unidentified yeast-like symbiont inside the lac insect Kerria lacca, which gives the insect its distinctive red colour and, may also provide other nutrients in return for shelter.

The study sheds light on a crucial protein, PfPPM2, which controls asexual division and switching between the sexual forms in Malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasite, both of which are key to disease transmission.